Knife.



L. DE V. GORSLINE.

KNIFE APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1909.

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LEON DE VERE GORSLINE, OF LITTLE VALLEY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 CASE BROTHERS CUTLERY COMPANY, OF LITTLE VALLEY, NEW YORK.

KNIFE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON DE VERE GoRs- LINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Valley, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Knife, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide a knife-handle structure, consisting of superposed layers, and to provide a means whereby, when one of said layers is superposed upon the other, the layers may be held together.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a means for assembling the handlepiece of a knife, with the handle proper, without mutilating in the least, the exterior surface of the handle piece.

ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed, it being understood, that, since the drawings show but one form of the invention, changes, properly falling within the scope of what is claimed, may be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote throughout the several figures of the draw ings, in which Figure 1 is an edge elevation of a knife constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the handle pieces being removed; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the knife shown in Fig. 1, the outer face of one of the handle forming plates being disposed toward the observer; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the handle-pieces, the inner face of the same being disposed toward the observer; and Fig. 4 is a fragmental section of the handle-piece, showing one of the attaching lugs mounted therein.

The invention is adapted to be employed upon knives of any construction, whether provided with a folding blade, or otherwise. In order, however, to provide a concrete embodiment, I have shown in the drawings, a pocket-knife, the handle of which comprises a pair of plates 1, upon which the handlepieces 2 are adapted to be superposed. Since-the opposite sides of the handle of the knife are duplicates, a description of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19, 1909.

corresponding parts Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Serial No. 528,941.

oneside of the handle will suflice for both sides.

The outer face 3 of the plate 1 is provided, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, with'a plurality of outstanding lugs. These lugs are formed by the ends of pivot pins 4, upon which the blades 5 of the knife are, in the present instance, mounted, an intermediate lug being provided by the outstanding end of a pin 6, disposed between the pivot pins 4.

The inner face 7 of the handle-piece 2 is provided with a plurality of recesses 8, spaced to correspond with the distances be tween the several pins 4 and 6 carried by the plate 1.

Each of the pins 4 and 6 is provided upon its outer end, with an outstanding bur 9. The diameter of this bur is slightly larger than the diameter of the opening 8, and when the bur is introduced into the opening 8, the periphery of the bur will be bent over, as shown at 10 in Fig. 4, to engage the handle-piece 2, whereby the handle-piece will be assembled with the plate. 1. The pins 4 and 6 are preferably fashioned from some malleable metal, and owing to this fact, and to the further fact that the periphery of the bur 9 is thin, the bur will readily be disposed in the form denoted by the numeral 10, when the handle-piece 2 is forced down upon the plate 1. The bur 9 is adapted to be housed entirely within the recess 8, and, owing to the fact that the said recess extends but part way through the handle-piece 2, the outer face of the handlepiece presents an unbroken surface from end to end, a construction peculiarly advan tageous in fine, pearl handled knives, and likewise advantageous in knife-handle constructions of any sort, since the end of the securing member, which commonly extends through the handle-piece, not infrequently frays the pocket, and proves uncomfortable to the hand of the user.

It is to be understood that the construction of the protruding ends of the members 4 and 6 is identical, and that the showing of Fig. 4, although applied specifically to the element 6, applies with equal propriety to the elements 4.

In practical operation, the members 4 and 6 are battered down slightly, or otherwise provided with the bur 9, and the handlepiece 2 is pressed down firmly upon the plate 1. By this operation, the bur will be dis posed as shown at 10 in Fig. 4, securely as sembling the handle-piece 2 with the plate 1 upon which it is mounted.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is l. A knife-handle structure consisting of superposed layers, one of which is provided with a recess extended part way therethrough, the other of which is provided with a lug having an outstanding bur on the free end thereof arranged to be housed entirely Within the recess to hold the layers assembled.

LEON DE VERE consume.

l/Vitnesses DEAN J. CAsE, MARION J. R1011. 

